Show VICTORY FOR BRITISH Combined Movement Against De larey Results In Capture of Many Prisoners and Guns London March Incomplete reports re-ports of the result of the combined movement of British columns against Gen Dclarey have enabled Lord Kitchener announce the capturo of over a hundred prisoners three fifteen pound guns two pompoms and quantities quanti-ties of stock wagons otc Gen Delarey appears to have successfully evaded Lord Kitcheners cordon at the offset In a dispatch dated from Pretoria at noon yesterday Lord Kitchener sa sAt s-At dusk on the evening of March 23rd the combined movement against Delarcy was undertaken by columns of mounted men without guns or impedimenta impedi-menta of any sort The columns started from Commando Drift on tho Vaal river and travelqd rapidly all night and at dawn March 24th occupied occu-pied positions along the line from Commando Com-mando Drift to the Llchtenburg blOckhouse block-house line The troops moved rapidly eastward keeping I a continuous line with the object of driving the enemy against tho blockhouses or forcing an action The result has not yet been fully reported KekewJchs column after the commencement com-mencement of the action captured three fifteenpounders two pompoma nine prisoners and a hundred mules carts and wagons Gen Kitcheners column captured eight5nlnenrteOTierS fortyfivo carts and wagons anda thousand cattle Thero arc a few more prisoners the blockhouse line The troops caver eighty miles in twenty four hours Rochforts and Rawlinsons columns have not yet reported their results re-sults Lord Kitchener in a later message says All the prisoners are now in The total number of prisoners is 135 |